Directing Operations British Corps by Simpson Andy (8 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; xxix, 258 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front. Command of troops. Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force. Great Britain. Army History World War, 1914-1918. Simpson, Andy. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; xxix, 258 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front. Command of troops. Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force. Great Britain. Army History World War, 1914-1918. Simpson, Andy. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Spellmount in 2006, this is the first hardback printing of Andy Simpson's DIRECTING OPERATIONS: British Corps Command on the Western Front 1914-18. Black and gilt cloth binding 258 pages plus illustrations, the book is in very good condition with a little dusty spotty foxing to the page edges. The dust jacket is also very good with a little rubbing and creasing to the edges. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Lightly worn and soiled black boards with gilt print along spine. Extremities are lightly rubbed. Binding is solid, though beginning to crack. Interior is clean and clear. Dust-jacket is in excellent shape, mildly rubbed along extremities.…

*Sales/posting to the USA suspended*. Hard cover dust wrapper, xxix/258pp, b&w plates. Very light wear to edges of dw/boards; a near fine copy. This book sets out the true role of British Corps (and their commanders) and crucially their control of artillery, which led to their becoming the principal operational level of command on the Western Front in the BEF. At the start of the Great War, the corps functioned as a postbox, there to help GHQ manage its divisions. From early 1916 onwards, corps took control of both heavy artillery and divisional artillery and, vitally, the counter-battery role. In 1917, building on the lessons of the Somme via the SS series of pamphlets, and especially SS135, corps increasingly became the level of command which organized attacks and orchestrated the artillery effort and divisions' infantry plans. In 1918, learning lessons in open warfare, the BEF was sufficiently flexible for corps to coordinate only when a set piece was required, and devolve command forward to divisions if circumstances permitted it. This book also examines the decision making process in the BEF and concludes that at the Army and corps level it was neither "umpiring" nor unduly authoritarian. Carries out an examination of how Great War British generals actually carried out their role - how corps commanders commanded their corps on a day-to-day basis.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 258 pp. very good copy in original black cloth gilt and very good dustwrapper. light wear only. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.